The National tribune., 1887-02-24

WOuiu llkt 10 UUu INC young IellOW WHO WIFI
him made an attempt to escape while on the
march between Townsville and Albany, Ga,
in March, 1855. If he is living the writer
would be extremely gratifed to hear from him
and renew old acquaintance.
G. w. Butt, 10th Mo Cav, Knoxville, ILL.,,
wonders if all the Survivors of his regiment
are on the retired list, as he never hears from
any of them. He was one of the detachment
that took JEFF Davis, after his capture, from At
lanta to Augusta.
John Wish, Co. NJ. 18th Pa. Cav, Caledonia,
o., was pleased to see the name Of COmrade
McRae in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and he
hopes to hear from more of the boys.
J. p. Frank, Co. F, 9th Ohio Cav, Charleston
Center, o., says he was in the thickest OF the
fight at Five Forks, guarding the ammunition
wagons.
John b. Mains, Co. ID, 9th Mo-. Irondale,
Mo-, says he saw the elephant in all his magni-
tude and glory, having served through the en-
tire war
J. e. Cover, Somerset, o., thinks THE Ma
TIoSAL TRIBUNE the best paper published.
He says he enlisted twice in Co. ID, 62d Ohio,
but as he was only IL years of age he was not
allowed to go. His father came after him, took
him home and gave him a sound thraShiug
81 told him he had carried my works and
spiked my battery, but he could not pull down
my flag"
George seigner, Box 4O2, Springfield, Mo-,
says he served in Battery b. 4th u. 8. Art,
and was wounded ut Antietam. He was dis
charged in October, 1862, and re-enlisted in Co.
G., 18th Kan. In April, 1863, he was detailed
to serve in battery at Fort LeavenwOrth, Kan,
and was again wounded at independence, Mo-,
| in 1864, and in April or May, 1865 had his
skull fractured by an accident while in the
line of duty at Fort Leavenworth He is very
| anxious to get the addresses of Col. Thomas
Moonlight, Lieut.. Edward Cell and John Dun
lap, Sergt's George Miller and Shoemaker, or
any other comrades who remember the cir
cumstances of his injury.
VIM. Smith, Co. X, ID Iowa Cav, Viewer,
Iowa, tells of a preacher who was taken pris-
Oner by his regiment, and who was extremely
bitter toward the "Yanks." Comrade Smith
sends leaf from the preachers diary which is
extremely 'vinegary in its character.
Ira &. MeClenthen, Fayetteville, N. Y, tells
tale of a shirt. He says he went out in April,
1861, in the 1st Mimi, which was in the Army
of the Potomac. Early in 1862 call was made
for volunteers to go as seamen on the Missis-
sippi gunboat fleet. The writer having seen
service on the water went with large number
Of others and was detailed to the st. Louis,
afterward called the Baron DeKalb. The fleet
went down the river in warm weather, and the
"graybacks" flourished. The writer bad a
red flannel shirt which he had worn but once
that is, he had kept it on six weeks before tax
| ing it off. At an inspection of clothing this
Il
| solemnly states, upon his honor as a man and
soldier, that the shirt began to move off. The
officers and men of the boat gathered about 30
witness the singular spectacle Of the animated
shirt. The Captain tried to find out to whom
it belonged, but was unable to do so, and finally
| ordered it to be thrown overheard.
j. A. Hutchins, Co. III, LIST Me. Cav, Elkton,
Oak, says he was an Orderly for Gen. ID. NJ.
Gregg for two years. He would be glad to hear
| something from that command.
ID. n. Cafferty, Co. b, 57th ILL.,, invites CORE
| spondence from any members of his company.
Ruel Merrill, Co. b, 2Sth Me-. South Yassal-
bOro, Me-, mentions two families in that town
which did their share toward putting down the
! rebellion. w. Haskell furnished seven sons,
and Enoch Merrill six, to the Union army He
says his regiment lost more than half the num-
| Der engaged at the battle of Fair Oaks.
! Wv. A., Marlette, Mich, says the ticket he
| would like to vote for in 1858 is Uncle Billy"
Sherman for President, and Gov. K. A. Alger,
| of Michigan, for Vice President. He thinks
the soldiers would "whoop 'em up" in a very
! lively manner for them.
Information Asked and Given.
John W. Harms, Cedarville, Ark, asks infor-
nation in regard to A. J. Harms, both ILL.,, who
| died at Blackfoot City, Idaho, Aug. 20, 1880.
j. Balsey, Co. III, 9th Ind, Seymour, Ind.
! wishes that j. w. c." who had recent COM
mupicatiOn in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, would
give his full name and address that nc may be
identified by his comrades.
X. j. Parkhurst, Caro-, Mich, wishes to in
quire where, when and by whom the order was
given, Put q Michigan regiment on guard to-
night"
NJ. A. Dolgarn, Co. d, list Ind, Bowling
Green, Ind, wishes to know what regiments
were engaged in the battle of Richmond, KY,
under Gen. Nelson, in August, 1862.
J. N. Walsh, Co. b, 4th Mass. Cav, 227 Athens
,sha 70, IL -
rades who were in AndersOnville what became
OF " Timber JIM" the prison sutler. Referring
to the request of a eomrade for information on
the subject, he says that he was on one of the
freight-cars going from AnderSonville to Millen,
when the two men jumped from the car and were
fired at by the guards. lie thinks neof them
was n Corporal of the 18th Ohio. If the COM
rade who asked for the information will adj
dress him he will give him fall particulars.
q. ID. Merriam, Buena Vista, Colo, asks for
information concerning the relatives of f. A.
Pensall or Purcell, of the 1lth and 22d N. V,
who was killed by a railway train at Buena
Vista in the Spring of 1885. He is believed to
have been from Albany, n. Y.
j. III. johnson, Co. |, Goth Iowa, Scranton
City, Iowa, Box 50, asks for tidngs of his sister,
Mrs. Sarah Campbell, who was heard from last
in July, 1866, at Lee Center, Ill. Her husband
was n brOom-maker.
X. ii. Maxwell, Tassinong Ind, wishes to
know something about the history of the 18th
Ind Army of the Cumberland. He wants to
know if il was ever in a battle.
j. Il. Callihan, Co. ID, 9th ILL.,, Fountain, Ill,
would be glad to learn something of the sword
that belonged to Lieut.. Baker.
A. A. Ashbrook, Co. /, 126th Ohio, Byron,
Neb., wishes to know where he can obtain a
copy of the history of that regiment.
Mrs. w. w. Durand, Box AIS, Bloomington
Ind, asks for information concerning the wal
record of her late husband, w. w. Durand
She wishes TO know to what company and Iegi-
ment he belonged, when and where he enlisted
and was discharged, and anything that his com,
rades may know of him.
T.. III. Stuart, late Co. b, 1st Wis. Cav, TYould
like to learn from some of the I'd Ind Cav
whatever became of those pieces of rified can.
non they dug out of an old graveyard neal
Macon, Ga. In the Spring of 1865.
Moses Livingston, Co. A, 18th Ind. Cav, wants
to know how Gen. Custer got out of the diff
Guilty he was in at Alexandria, La, for cruelty
TO his men, aud also how Gen. Sturgis held hi:
rank altex The Guntown expedition.
j. Ebeees Stanton, Neb, would pay liberia
price for Rcopy of an engraving representing
the 9th KY, 59th Ohio, and 10Th Ind. in action
at Stone River, which was published in Cinein
natl about that time.
NJ. Toohey, 402S Poplar street, West Phila
delphia, Pa, wishes information in regard to
the death and burial of VIM. III. Mahoney, who
he is informed, died more than year ago in
Washington and was buried by the GAR.
+. w. Zimmerman, Red Wing, Mimi, reply
ing to an iquiry Of JohE Williams, ID Mimi.
says he died in that place some 10 years ago
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